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- Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Gordon Askew: Enough time to talk about books?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5399
Gordon Askew: Enough time to talk about books?
IFERI committee member, Gordon Askew, writes another posting via his informative blog 'ssphonix': http://ssphonix.blogspot.co.uk Enough time to talk about books? This morning The Bookseller reported that: More than half of primary school pupils in the UK don’t have enough time to talk about books in...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 5:22 pm
- Forum: Research and Recommended Reading
- Topic: Dr Louisa C. Moats: How Spelling Supports Reading
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6451
Dr Louisa C. Moats: How Spelling Supports Reading
This is an excellent article by Dr Louisa C. Moats, member of IFERI's Advisory Group:
http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/ ... /Moats.pdf
http://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/ ... /Moats.pdf
How Spelling Supports Reading
And Why It Is More Regular and Predictable Than You May Think
By Louisa C. Moats
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:31 am
- Forum: Research and Recommended Reading
- Topic: The Dyslexie font: does it work for children with dyslexia?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14448
Re: The Dyslexie font: does it work for children with dyslexia?
Researcher, Eva Marinus, kindly alerts us to a free app for adjusting spacing of text for slower readers with a transparent comment about the potential increase in efficiency: As described in the DSF news from SPELD, the spacing settings of Dyslexie font can be obtained for any font by adjusting the...
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Dyslexia-SPELD WA alert about 'Dyslexie' font
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6319
Re: Dyslexia-SPELD WA alert about 'Dyslexie' font
You can read up about the research behind the use of different fonts - style, size and spacing - here:
http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewto ... ?f=4&t=445
http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewto ... ?f=4&t=445
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 12:02 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Dyslexia-SPELD WA alert about 'Dyslexie' font
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6319
Dyslexia-SPELD WA alert about 'Dyslexie' font
Dyslexia-SPELD Western Australia has provided an e-leaflet with facts and information about font types for people who may struggle to read text easily:
http://us13.campaign-archive2.com/?u=26 ... 5caea84e&e
http://us13.campaign-archive2.com/?u=26 ... 5caea84e&e
- Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:36 pm
- Forum: Research and Recommended Reading
- Topic: The Dyslexie font: does it work for children with dyslexia?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14448
Re: The Dyslexie font: does it work for children with dyslexia?
Here is a leaflet about the Dyslexie font generated by the Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation Western Australia: http://us13.campaign-archive2.com/?u=262336c979e60dbacb6ca2299&id=8e5caea84e&e Should we use a special font for children with reading difficulties? The research concluded that the Dyslexie...
- Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Vocabulary development, instruction and comments about 'assessment'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8676
Re: Vocabulary development, instruction and comments about 'assessment'
I think that teachers can increase children's vocabulary explicitly and teachers should aim to do so. One danger is that phonics provision can be pretty shallow if vocabulary development (teaching) is not included but just the technical practice tends to dominate. The impetus for the 'broad and bala...
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: "The Importance of Handwriting"--in China
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5823
Re: "The Importance of Handwriting"--in China
Dick - that's really very interesting and gives much food for thought.
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:05 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Vocabulary development, instruction and comments about 'assessment'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8676
Re: Vocabulary development, instruction and comments about 'assessment'
The National Reading Panel on conducting the national inquiry in America (2000) identified five essential elements of effective reading instruction, commonly known as the “Five Pillars”: 1) Phonemic Awareness 2) Phonics 3) Fluency 4) Vocabulary 5) Comprehension. With regard to vocabulary , whilst ch...
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Vocabulary development, instruction and comments about 'assessment'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8676
Re: Vocabulary development, instruction and comments about 'assessment'
The following findings about vocabulary experience and growth by Hart and Risley (1999) are tremendously important for parents and for educators - this is a 'must read' for everyone concerned with literacy and education as it shows the difference the experience from birth to the three year old toddl...